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cardsharp

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variants: or cardsharper

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as in blackleg

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cardsharp

blackleg

plotter,
schemer,
sneak,
sneaker

fast-talker,
slick,
slicker,
slickster,
slyboots,
smoothy
(or smoothie),
wheeler-dealer

adventurer,
fox,
gamesman,
knave,
prankster,
rascal,
rogue

bluffer,
charlatan,
fake,
faker,
humbug,
impostor
(or imposter),
mountebank,
phony
(also phoney),
pretender,
quack,
quacksalver,
ringer,
sham

double-crosser,
double-dealer

bilk,
bilker,
cheat,
cheater,
chiseler
(or chiseller),
confidence man,
cozener,
defrauder,
dodger,
fakir,
finagler,
fraudster
[chiefly British],
hoaxer,
scammer,
scamster,
shark,
sharper,
sharpie
(or sharpy),
skinner,
swindler,
tricker,
trickster

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